"Vilmorin"

Design House House of Dior French
Designer Christian Dior French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

The designer set exacting tasks for his embroiderer, Rebé. The embroidery is set in a nuanced spacing of elements with the densest application at the waist, thinning as it falls away to the hem. This seemingly organic application, simulating a diminishment in nature, is further enhanced by Rebé's repertoire of embroidery stitches to create a dimensionality of the surface. The effect is optically then like a meadow's variegation.

"Vilmorin", House of Dior (French, founded 1946), silk, nylon, French

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